(Still) dreaming dreams about the diaconate
![“Dear Pope Franc[i]s, I [would] like for [deacons] to be [able] to have women [deacons] because women can have new [ideas] and different [perspectives]. Also it will be closer to the [parousia]. There are more [reasons] but those are some of [mine]. From Lucy, age 8 and a half.”](https://discerningdeacons.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Dear-Pope-Francis-1024x768.jpg)
A few months ago I authored a reflection titled, “The Pope is “…very much in favor of a female diaconate.” So imagine my surprise (shock/sadness/anger) as I watched Pope Francis seem to undermine his own synodal process when he indicated in an interview with 60 Minutes reporter Norah O’Donnell – that “no” a girl cannot dream […]